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PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

J. H. AUSBURN & v. AUSBURN.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1907.

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J. H. AUSB'URN & v. AUSBURN.

PLOW.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13. 1907.

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STATES JOHN H. AUSBURN AND VIVIAN AUSBURN, OF ELWOOD, TEXAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed. May 13, 1907. Serial No. 373,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN I-I. AUsBURN and VIVIAN A'UsBURN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Elwood, in the county of Fannin and Stateof Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flows, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in turning plows, especially withrelation to the provision of a wheel for operating in the bottom of afurrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which wheel serves thepurposes of an ordinary land-side plate and enables such land-side plateto be dispensed with and also in connection with the lever connectedthereto enables the plow to be set to run at any desired inclination andat any desired depth in the furrow.

The invention consists in the construction, combination'and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the plowconstructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same, showing the land-side thereof, Fig. 3 is a rearelevation of the same, Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewof the same, Fig. 5 is a detail elevation, showing one form of the wheeladapted for use in connection with this improved plow.

The beam 1, which may be of any suitable construction, is here shown asa metal beam formed integrally with the standard 2, the said standardconstituting the down turned rear end of the beam. A mold-board 3 isprovided on its rear side with an off-set or bracket 4, which is boltedor otherwise suit ably secured to one side of the standard. A

similar bracket or off-set 5 is also provided for the mold-board and isbolted or otherwise secured to the standard at a point near the bottomthereof. The point or share 6 bears on the lower front edge of thestandard and also bears on and is secured to a recessed portion of thefront edge of the mold-board, as at 7. ing their lower ends securedrespectively to the standard and to the inner side of the They may besecured by any suitable means. The usual rungs 9 connect the handles,and a pair of braces 10 are provided therefor which extend therefrom toop posite sides of the beam.

In accordance with this invention the usual land-side plate and the frogbar are dispensed The handles 8 are here shown as havwith and in lieuthereof a wheel 11 is employed to serve the purposes of a land-sideplate in keeping the plow straight in the furrow, and also adapted foruse in adjusting the plow so that the same may be run at any desiredinclination and at any desired depth in the furrow. The wheel 11 has anaxle 12, which has one bearing in the rear end of the bar 13 and anotherbearing in a brace arm 14, which is bolted to one side of the said bar.The front end of the said bar is pivotally connected, as at 15, to oneside of the standard at the lower end thereof. The wheel may be of anysuitable size and of any suitable construction. In Fig. 3 it is. shownas beveled on opposite sides to form a sharp cutting edge 16. A wheelthus constructed is (laspecially adapted for use in light sandy s01 InFig. 5 the wheel is shown as provided with a broad tread 17 to bear onthe bottom of the furrow and with a sharpened flange 18 at one side ofthe said tread to cut into the bottom of the furrow and guide the plow.

A hand lever 19, which is provided at its lower end with a rearwardlyextending arm 20, is fulcrumed, as at 21, on one side of the standard ata suitable distance from the lower end thereof. Said arm 20 is connectedby a link 22 to the rear end of the bar 13. A segment 23 is provided onone side of the standard near the fulcrum of the lever and the latter isprovided with a locking dog 24 of usual construction to engage thenotches of the said segment and lock the lever in any desired position.

It will be understood that by adjusting the lever the wheel 11 may beraised and lowered and set at any desired point so as to cause the plowto be set to run at any desired depth in the soil.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

' 1. A plow comprising a beam, a standard, a mold-board and pointsecured to the standard, a lever fulcrumed to the said standard, a barpivotally connected to the standard, a Wheel carried by said bar andhaving a cutting edge to cut in the bottom of a furrow and to performthe function of a land-side, and a link connecting said lever to saidbar for the purpose set forth. i

2. A plow comprising a beam, a standard, a mold-board secured to thestandard, the latter disposed at the land-side edge of the mold-board, arearwardly extending bar hav- If a furrow and adapting said wheel toperform ing its front end disposed on the land-side of In testimonywhereof, We affix our signa the standard and ivotally connected to thetures in presence of two witnesses. standard a whee carried by said barand 1 JOHN H AUSBUR U I N. havlng a cuttlng ed e to cut 1n the bottom of3 VIVIAN AUSBURN- the function of a land-side plate and means toWitnesses: raise and lower said wheel and the lower end J. S. RICHARDS,of said bar. W. C. TIOKNOT.

